Hi Northstar and welcome to the forum.

Wow, that is defiantly a well kitted out workshop you run there, coupled with your experience running that business I'm betting its quite the place to work and learn from!

Don't worry too much regarding being new to online forums, you're not our first and there isn't allot that can go wrong :), if you require any help finding your way around the forum please don't hesitate in contacting me for help, if you click on my username above, you will get a few options on how you can contact me.

Let's see if we can get you the help you need, we definitely have other Emco users here on the forum, I noticed you haven't posted since, did you manage to find the information you are looking for regarding the lathe or do you need to start a new thread?, I'm happy to help with that too if you're struggling to get started, just let me know!

.Me